Depth map creation apparatus that creates a plurality of depth maps on the basis of a plurality of spatial frequency components and plurality of tomographic images

Abstract

An image display apparatus includes a depth map creating unit that creates, on the basis of a two-dimensional radiation image and a plurality of tomographic images for the same subject, a plurality of depth maps in which each position on the two-dimensional radiation image and depth information indicating a depth directional position of a tomographic plane corresponding to each position are associated with each other while changing a correspondence relationship between each position on the two-dimensional radiation image and the depth information.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A depth map creation apparatus comprising:
 a processor configured to 
 acquire a two-dimensional radiation image and a plurality of tomographic images for the same subject; and 
 create, on the basis of a plurality of spatial frequency components of the two-dimensional radiation image and the plurality of tomographic images, a plurality of depth maps in which each position on the two-dimensional radiation image and depth information indicating a depth directional position of a tomographic plane corresponding to each position are associated with each other while changing a correspondence relationship between each position on the two-dimensional radiation image and the depth information, each of the plurality of spatial frequency components having a different bandwidth from each other. 
 
     
     
       2. The depth map creation apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the processor creates the plurality of depth maps for each object in the two-dimensional radiation image and the plurality of tomographic images. 
 
     
     
       3. The depth map creation apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the processor creates the depth maps by associating each position on the two-dimensional radiation image and the depth information indicating the depth directional position of the tomographic plane corresponding to each position on the basis of a correlation between each position on the two-dimensional radiation image and the plurality of tomographic images. 
 
     
     
       4. The depth map creation apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the processor divides the two-dimensional image into a plurality of regions, and creates the depth maps by associating a position of each region on the two-dimensional radiation image and the depth information indicating the depth directional position of the tomographic plane corresponding to the position of each region. 
 
     
     
       5. An image display apparatus comprising:
 a processor configured to 
 acquire a two-dimensional radiation image and a plurality of tomographic images for the same subject and a plurality of depth maps of a plurality of spatial frequency components, in which each position on the two-dimensional radiation image and depth information indicating a depth directional position of a tomographic plane corresponding to each position are associated with each other while changing a correspondence relationship between each position on the two-dimensional radiation image and the depth information, each of the plurality of spatial frequency components having a different bandwidth from each other; 
 specify depth information on a reference position in the two-dimensional radiation image with reference to the depth maps; and 
 display a tomographic image of a tomographic plane indicated by the specified depth information on a display. 
 
     
     
       6. The image display apparatus according to  claim 5 , the processor further configured to:
 receive designation of any position on the two-dimensional radiation image displayed on the display, 
 wherein the display displays the tomographic images on the display using the designated position as the reference position. 
 
     
     
       7. The image display apparatus according to  claim 6 ,
 wherein the processor determines the depth map to be referred to from the plurality of depth maps on the basis of an input method in a case where the designation is received. 
 
     
     
       8. The image display apparatus according to  claim 6 ,
 wherein the processor determines the depth map to be referred to from the plurality of depth maps on the basis of an object at the designated position on the two-dimensional radiation image. 
 
     
     
       9. An image processing system comprising:
 a processor configured to 
 acquire a two-dimensional radiation image and a plurality of tomographic images for the same subject; 
 create, on the basis of a plurality of spatial frequency components of the two-dimensional radiation image and the plurality of tomographic images, a plurality of depth maps in which each position on the two-dimensional radiation image and depth information indicating a depth directional position of a tomographic plane corresponding to each position are associated with each other while changing a correspondence relationship between each position on the two-dimensional radiation image and the depth information, each of the plurality of spatial frequency components having a different bandwidth from each other, 
 specify depth information on a reference position in the two-dimensional radiation image with reference to the depth maps; and 
 display a tomographic image of a tomographic plane indicated by the specified depth information on a display. 
 
     
     
       10. A depth map creation method comprising:
 providing a processor configured to 
 acquire a two-dimensional radiation image and a plurality of tomographic images for the same subject; and 
 create, on the basis of a plurality of spatial frequency components of the two-dimensional radiation image and the plurality of tomographic images, a plurality of depth maps in which each position on the two-dimensional radiation image and depth information indicating a depth directional position of a tomographic plane corresponding to each position are associated with each other while changing a correspondence relationship between each position on the two-dimensional radiation image and the depth information, each of the plurality of spatial frequency components having a different bandwidth from each other. 
 
     
     
       11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an depth map creation program for causing a computer to execute a procedure of creating, on the basis of a plurality of spatial frequency components of a two-dimensional radiation image and a plurality of tomographic images, a plurality of depth maps in which each position on the two-dimensional radiation image and depth information indicating a depth directional position of a tomographic plane corresponding to each position are associated with each other while changing a correspondence relationship between each position on the two-dimensional radiation image and the depth information, each of the plurality of spatial frequency components having a different bandwidth from each other.